Not Ducati but my local Ford dealership, tossers. Renewing my discs all round on my transit, I have brought the discs and pads from a motor spares supplier, not branded stuff but nevertheless it's Ford equivalent, probably made in the same factory just bypassed the ford boxing section . Anyway sods law I needed ball joints on passenger side as mounting the pavement over here is an everyday occurrence, so I pops down to the Ford dealership, after looking online to gauge price , anything from £7.50 to £25, knowing they will be in stock. Fell over when he told me Lower joint was £59 , tracking arm ball joint £46 , unsurprisingly I got them from the motor factor for £17 each. Main dealers seem to think they can justify ripping punters off with a logo or brand on a box. .
Unless it's the same branded part then it's unfair to compare prices, but 3x the cost is still very hard to justify!
Years ago i used to work in a main dealers, the mark up on parts was enormous, as 'trade' we got anything from 50 to 80% off the price of parts from other franchised outlets, sometimes more. It is quite common now for the same part for a VW, Audi or Skoda to be priced very different, depending on which box it arrives in.
I enjoyed employee discount at Ford dealers for many years. Made it bearable to pay for genuine parts.
Because this is the lounge where things are up for discussion , or has this site become your property, now go back to sleep :biggrin:
I'm sorry if I offended but I quite like news. However I do find stating the bleeding obvious rather strange. OEM is always more expensive. That's why copied parts businesses have started and are on the market. This happens in all industries.
What a shock when I had to replace the front discs on my Audi A4... I went to GSF and they only wanted just over £40 for each Brembo disc!!
